Budbreak enhancers are used to stimulate and synchronise budbreak in numerous fruit crops across the world. They are necessary to maximise potential production and subsequent economic returns. Precise timing of the application is crucial to achieving optimal results. The BreakNSure Hayward test can provide a reliable tool to determine this moment, based on the actual status of an orchard. 

In kiwifruit, an optimal budbreak treatment easily results in a 10% increase of flowering (fruit) compared to a sub optimal treatment. In close collaboration with Zespri International, NSure has developed a molecular test providing insight in the actual status of an orchard. As a consequence of the close correlation between the activity of a number of selected kiwifruit genes and the result of a budbreak treatment, it is possible to determine whether an orchard is ready for an optimal treatment or it’s better to wait a little longer.

Only a few drops of fluid from some buds of kiwifruit vines are needed to know whether an orchard is ready for an optimal budbreak treatment. 

As a result of collaboration with Hill Laboratories, NSure is able to provide the test result within 48 hours after the sample was delivered at the laboratory. 

The easy-to-use test is currently available for Hayward, the largest, green kiwifruit variety. A BreakNSure test for ‘Gold3’ is under development. A prototype test has been developed and will be further validated this winter ahead of an intended 2017 release in New Zealand.

Those interested in BreakNSure Hayward for kiwifruit, please contact NSure's exclusive distributor, Farmlands Co-operative New Zealand, 0800 200 600.

For more information, visit: www.nsure.eu